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Friday, December 07, 2012

Paris Regions

Last night, thanks to reader Noelle Newell, I went to a program at the French Consulate

On the latest fashion and home design trends determined by Paris Regions and based on research done by French company NellyRodi, advisers to big trade show organizations like Who's Next Paris, Objet et Maison.

The setting was very grand and traditional

Yet the presentation was lively and prescient - what's to come? what do people want? where are we looking? Storytelling, sense, fun, new cool and connectivity are the essential trends of the future.

First, I have to say that when I read yesterday's post I laughed out loud -- and I was all by myself. Too fun!

Second: Haven't humans been story-telling since we sat, shoulder to shoulder for warmth and companionship, around the Neanderthal campfire and grunted to each other about the strange goings-on with the Cro Magnon neighbors? Because story-telling is fun, and it's connectivity, and those who could tell a good story were ultra-cool...just goes to show you: everything old is new again.

Carol, you are fun and can tell a story and you're way cool and you communicate the five senses with every "Paris" "breakfast". You trendsetter, you.

Perhaps being inside the périphérique could mean something different than I thought..... What I thought: Inside the périphérique, = inside the actual city of Paris...and that, is a wonderful thing. But perhaps it is not the périphérique that surrounds Paris on the above map? Oh, the difficulties of not fully knowing other cultures & geographies!

Hilarious, Carol. I can see that after you've had a macaron or two the shoe-watching starts up. That Minnie shot is fun. Thanks for the giggle; made me think I should really see a bit more of the Mandarin Oriental in Paris than just the loos!

Paris Letters

♥carol gillott♥

l'Ile Saint Louis, Paris, Ile de France, France

Hi I'm Carol Gillott,
My Mom taught me watercolors at 5. I'm still at it, now tripping over cobblestones, living in a 6th-floor garret on l'Ile Saint-Louis, Paris. Read Parisbreakfast with a hot chocolate and croissant.
I paint Paris breakfasts.